Making my own yogurt again

Hey, my wonderful sister hooked me up with the website to make yogurt in a crockpot and so guess what I am making today. I have made it before and it is awesome, but very time consuming so... I haven't made it for a while, which is silly because I go through yogurt like water and this is way cheaper and better tasting. Not sure on the calorie difference but mine is also way more natural as it has no preservatives or any of the other funky stuff they add at the factory. I got a knock off AbRoller (tm) yesterday and despite many warnings that it was going to hurt my back, I used it, it didn't hurt my back anymore than my other core exercises do so I am going to stick with it. I also hear that once you build stronger core muscles it doesn't hurt anymore. I look forward to that. I haven't weighed in yet and am a little nervous as I had my period this week and it always makes me want to eat everything in sight, also Greg and I had a couple of "cheat" meals this week and that too concerns me, but I also walked three miles yesterday at work so that should have burned some right? We shall see. I will update once I weigh in, have to go stir the yogurt now....

Update:
Weighed in and lost 1.4lbs, not bad considering what felt like a week long binge. Gotta go Ab Roll now..


update to the update:
The exercise roller thingy seems to be working my arms more than anything, not really sure how it is impacting my abs but, I am not feeling the pain in my stomach muscles the way I am in my arms.....I think I might be doing it wrong.

Feeling good

I had to steal a belt from Greg because the pants I wore today keep slipping when I am working, and they aren't the kind I can take in. I was very happy about it. I did most of my exercises today but didn't make it to the pool again. I am not doing so hot with the whole cardio thing and I need to start. I am hoping by this time next year to be fit enough to ride a bike regularly. We shall see.
That's all I really have for today except yesterday I cheated so bad it wasn't even funny. I wanted to eat everything in the house and luckily there wasn't anything that could do too much damage. (all low fat, low calorie or just fruit choices so even though there were vast quantities injested they were not empty calories so...)

Days off make me sleepy

I noticed that I am more tired on days I don't have to work, which seems impossible since I am exhausted on days I do have to work but....
I didn't make it over to the pool today, I slept late and then stupidly had breakfast so I couldn't go in for an hour by which time the pool was full of kids jumping and splashing and basically making it impossible to do laps or exercises so I just didn't go and am at my sister-in-laws doing laundry and snuggling her cats instead.
I got some more turkey bacon from Aldi(tm) Greg and I love it. I also got some light Lays(tm) and low calorie dip so snacking looks good. I have been eating a lot of pickles as they have 0 calories, don't understand it but somehow dill pickle spears count as nothing so I can fill up and not feel too guilty though they are very salty.
Gotta go switch the laundry.

Moving right along (yeah I stole my sister's title but I left out part so it isn't really plagarism)

I was really good today, yesterday Greg and I had a "cheat" dinner and went out for a burger & fries. I really didn't feel great after eating it, too heavy and my mouth felt coated in grease. I also had been really good all day so I didn't go too terribly over in calories so that was good. I would hate to have undone the 1.6lbs I did lose.
I do know that I shouldn't be losing a ton of weight each week but I feel like I have so far to go that I am never going to get there at this rate.
I am still 35lbs away from the weight I was when I met my husband 7years ago and I have about 80lbs to go after that. But, on the other hand I am 40lbs closer than I was in September. I can't believe I have lost 40lbs so far. I am glad about that but still have so far to go it can be daunting. 40lbs in 8 months means.... in 2 years I will be at my goal weight, okay yes the time frame looks daunting but since it has been about 20 years since I was at that weight it really isn't that bad. Now if you were to tell me it would be 20 more years until I got there then I would just give up. But, I have managed to stay fairly healthy in the midst of some really difficult times and considering I took the entire month of December off and went "hog" wild, it really isn't that bad. It also took me a long time to get really back on track so who knows.
I went swimming when I got home from work and I am going again tomorrow morning so I can keep up my exercise routine. Only have until Labor day to use the pool so I have to get in as much time as I can each week. I figure I don't have to be into work until 12 on two days per week so I can swim before work on those days and on my 2 days off so thats at least 4 days per week when I can get over there weather permitting.